Odd Bits: Bone Wars & Derpy Dinosaurs
A battle to the bottom between early paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh
A battle to the bottom between early paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh
Three books on the history of map making, recommended by Barbara North, Fellow of Odd Salon and rogue cartographer.
The frolicsome bat-winged moon men and ladies, moon beavers and unicorns of the Great Moon Hoax of 1835
Three books on the history of magic, recommended by Christian Cagigal, Fellow of Odd Salon and our resident illusionist.
Three books on collections of curiosities, marvels, and wonders, recommended by Annetta Black, Curator of Odd Salon and modest hoarder of natural curiosities.
The exceptionally lovely Edwardian insect illustrations of Edward Detmold
The astronomical illustrations of Etienne Trouvelot
Ernst Haeckel's marvelous illustrations of under sea life
The magnificent lost observatory of eccentric Danish astronomer, Tycho Brache
MYTHICAL MONSTERS Charles Gould, 1886 “Surely a profound acquaintance with the different branches of natural history should render a man credulous rather than incredulous, for there is hardly conceivable a…